Chromebook Keepers: Fried Ways to Keep, Store, and Manage Chromebooks, Idea 1

In our district, we wanted to spend as much money as we could on Chromebooks, and though we thought the Chromebook cart was mighty spiffy, it was also mighty expensive, so teachers have found all sorts of creative off-label ways to store Chromebooks. I hope to publish several more photos and ideas,...

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Fried Questions: The Question Slip

Part of transitioning to being the "guide on the side" is helping students become more reliant on each other and themselves than on you (the teacher). The Question Slip is a great option to wean students off your nurturing care and help them become more self and team reliant. Here's how it works, after...

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What's the Difference Between Doing Projects and Project Based Learning?

Do you have ideas that should be added to this list or do you notice something that needs to be changed? Please let me know in the comments and you will see the document form of this list change accordingly.Here's the Google Doc version of this fi...

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Analog Twitter Project Templates (Printables)

The term "Analog" means pre-digital. For example, the wristwatch that has dials and gears is an analog watch. Analog Twitter is non-digital Twitter. This kind of activity is usually used with students too young to participate in the "real thing," without adequate access to technology, or by students...

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friEdTechnology Got an Android: Switching from an iPhone 4s to a Galaxy Note 2

I've been a die hard iPhone fan for years, but for my 41st birthday tomorrow I decided to get a Galaxy Note 2. The iPhone withdrawal pangs have almost stopped now, so it is with barely shaking hands that I write . . .I like the Galaxy Note 2.I'm impressed.Here are the features that won me...

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Best of the Web 2.0 Tools for Education 2013

Every year I make a Web 2.0 Tools Prezi for the Tech Ninja Conference at the local Region 6 Education Service Center. Below you'll find this year's version of the presentation, greatly pared down from past years. There are getting to be so many great tools that it's more important to know which ones...

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A Vision for the Classroom Today

I am inspired to write this vision by John Maxwell’s book Developing the Leader Within You, specifically the chapter entitled “The Indispensable Quality of Leadership: Vision.” I realized that what my WOW! Academy probably does best is to convey a vision, but I can’t offer that to every teacher right...

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Introduction to Google Drive for Educators

Introduction to Google Drive presentation. Please comment and let me know what I should add!Also check out this doc from my Twitter friend Rae: Google Docs BasicsRae Fearing@RaeFearingEd Tech Coordinator, Former Bio Teacher, Leading Edge Certified, M.S. Science EducationCrescent City, Ca ·&nbs...

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